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Into the Wild Cumulative Assessment: Documenting Your Journey/Integrated Project 2012 12 th Grade Expository Reading and Writing Background: Chris’s character: While there is much debate over McCandless’ character, mental health, and integrity, his sister Carine argues that “Chris knew exactly who he was. He was searching for a place in this world that he fit in to and where he could be true to himself. He was searching for truth, purity, honesty.“ In addition, Jon Krakauer admires McCandless because “He set such . . . impossibly high standards [for himself ]. It was his wonderful thing about him and his downfall, because he believed it’s wrong to get too comfortable in life; it’s wrong to take the easy path. You’re here to live, not to sit on the couch.” The Belt: In Chapter 6, Jon Krakauer describes the leather belt that Chris carved with Ron Franz. Krakauer writes: For his first project McCandless produced a tooled leather belt, on which he created an artful pictorial record of his wanderings. ALEX inscribed at the belt's left end; then the intials C.J.M. (for Christopher Johnson McCandless) frame a skull and crossbones. Across the strip of cowhide one sees a rendering of a twolane blacktop, a NO UTURN sign, a thunderstorm producing a flash flood that engulfs a car, a hitchhiker's thumb, an eagle, the Sierra Nevada, salmon cavorting in the Pacific Ocean, the Pacific Coast Highway from Oregon to Washington, the Rocky Mountains, Montana wheat fields, a South Dakota rattlesnake, Westerberg's house in Carthage, the Colorado River, a gale in the Gulf of California, a canoe beached beside a tent, Las Vegas, the initials T.C.D., Morro Bay, Astoria, and at the buckle end, finally, the letter N (presumably representing north). Assignment Overview: What are you in search of? What are your plans for the future? Where have you been? What has shaped you? What have you overcome? How do you view life? This is your opportunity to show your audience who you are. Assignment Directions: For this assignment, you will create an object that represents who you are and where you are going. You will present your creation that incorporates the following criteria as well as a powerpoint presentation that explains each of the following criteria: What you must document in your creation: You will now creatively document your own journey. Your creative project will reflect where you have been and where you are going. It must include the following: (1) your

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Into  the  Wild  Cumulative  Assessment:  Documenting  Your  Journey/Integrated  Project  2012  

12th  Grade  Expository  Reading  and  Writing    

Background:  Chris’s  character:  While  there  is  much  debate  over  McCandless’  character,  mental  health,  and  integrity,  his  sister  Carine  argues  that  “Chris  knew  exactly  who  he  was.  He  was  searching  for  a  place  in  this  world  that  he  fit  in  to  and  where  he  could  be  true  to  himself.  He  was  searching  for  truth,  purity,  honesty.“    In  addition,  Jon  Krakauer  admires  McCandless  because  “He  set  such  .  .  .  impossibly  high  standards  [for  himself  ].  It  was  his  wonderful  thing  about  him  and  his  downfall,  because  he  believed  it’s  wrong  to  get  too  comfortable  in  life;  it’s  wrong  to  take  the  easy  path.  You’re  here  to  live,  not  to  sit  on  the  couch.”      The  Belt:    In  Chapter  6,  Jon  Krakauer  describes  the  leather  belt  that  Chris  carved  with  Ron  Franz.    Krakauer  writes:                                      For  his  first  project  McCandless  produced  a  tooled  leather  belt,  on  which  he                                              created  an  artful  pictorial  record  of  his  wanderings.    ALEX  inscribed  at  the                                            belt's  left  end;  then  the  intials  C.J.M.  (for  Christopher  Johnson  McCandless)                                    frame  a  skull  and  crossbones.    Across  the  strip  of  cowhide  one  sees  a                                    rendering  of  a  two-­‐lane  blacktop,  a  NO  U-­‐TURN  sign,  a  thunderstorm                                    producing  a  flash  flood  that  engulfs  a  car,  a  hitchhiker's  thumb,  an  eagle,  the                                      Sierra  Nevada,  salmon  cavorting  in  the  Pacific  Ocean,  the  Pacific  Coast                                    Highway  from  Oregon  to  Washington,  the  Rocky  Mountains,  Montana  wheat                                    fields,  a  South  Dakota  rattlesnake,  Westerberg's  house  in  Carthage,  the                                    Colorado  River,  a  gale  in  the  Gulf  of  California,  a  canoe  beached  beside  a                                    tent,  Las  Vegas,  the  initials  T.C.D.,  Morro  Bay,  Astoria,  and  at  the  buckle  end,                                    finally,  the  letter  N  (presumably  representing  north).        Assignment  Overview:  What  are  you  in  search  of?  What  are  your  plans  for  the  future?  Where  have  you  been?  What  has  shaped  you?  What  have  you  overcome?  How  do  you  view  life?    This  is  your  opportunity  to  show  your  audience  who  you  are.      Assignment  Directions:      For  this  assignment,  you  will  create  an  object  that  represents  who  you  are  and  where  you  are  going.    You  will  present  your  creation  that  incorporates  the  following  criteria  as  well  as  a  powerpoint  presentation  that  explains  each  of  the  following  criteria:      What  you  must  document  in  your  creation:    You  will  now  creatively  document  your  own  journey.    Your  creative  project  will  reflect  where  you  have  been  and  where  you  are  going.  It  must  include  the  following:  (1)  your  

philosophy  of  life,  (2  )obstacles  you  have  overcome,  (3  obstacles  you  have  yet  to  overcome,  (4)  a  time  in  which  you  took  a  chance  against  others’  advice  and  the  outcome  was  successful,  (5)a  time  in  which  you  went  against  others’  advice  and  the  outcome  was  unsuccessful,  (6)important  relationships,  (7)  important  influences,    (8)your  future  education  and  career,  (9)  how  you  will  achieve  success  in  your  chosen  field,    (10)and  how  your  chosen  field  will  enable  you  to  contribute  to  the  world.      How  you  must  document  your  journey:  I  want  your  creation  to  be  visual  adaptation.  In  other  words,  I  do  not  want  paragraphs.  The  visual  adaptation  may  include  illustrations,  photographs,  3-­‐dimensional  objects,  paintings,  etc.    No  Pencil!!!    The  Creative  Display  Ideas:  You  can  select  any  of  the  following  choices  to  display  your  journey:    

1.   Diorama  2.   Scrapbook  3.   Quilt  (can  be  made  from  construction  paper)  4.   A  replica  of  something  that  symbolizes  you,  similar  to  Chris  and  his  belt.  You                                          must  be  able  to  show  all  parts  of  your  journey  on  this  item.    5.    Your  Display  Choice:  please  get  approval  from  me  first.  

 The  Technology  Component:  

• Your  visual  aid  needs  to  help  guide  your  audience  through  these  important  experiences  and  future  plans  that  are  documented  in  your  creative  display.    

The  Presentation:    Materials:  Creative  display  Powerpoint,  Prezi,  etc.    Content:  For  this  presentation,  you  do  not  have  to  share  all  important  events  in  your  life  with  the  class.  However,  the  following  items  are  required  for  the  presentation:  your  philosophy,  important  influences,  your  future  career,  how  you  will  achieve  success  in  that  field,  how  your  chosen  field  will  help  contribute  to  the  world,  and  any  obstacles  you  have  still  have  in  your  way.        ****Remember,  there  is  a  minimum  of  10  experiences  you  must  document  and  you  are  not  limited  to  just  10.